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 Academic
Search Premier via
EBSCOhost
The world’s largest academic
multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search
Premier provides full text for some 4513
publications, including 3,630 peer-reviewed
journals. It also features indexing and abstracts
for 8025 journals, 6850 of which are peer-reviewed.
PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available
for well over one hundred
journals,
and
searchable cited references are provided
for more than 1,000 titles.
ACLS Humanities E-Book
ACLS Humanities E-Book is a collaboration
of ten learned societies, nearly 80 contributing publishers,
and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly
Publishing Office. The result is an online, fully searchable
collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended
and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited multi-user
access and free, downloadable MARC records. The Humanities
E-Book is available 24/7 on- and off-campus through standard
web browsers.
African-American
Poetry
via Chadwyck-Healey
Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets
in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
American
Chemical Society Journals
Search and full-text access for over 30 American Chemical
Society publications online.
American Poetry
via Chadwyck-Healey
Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from
the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.
America's
Newspapers via NewsBank
Provides full-text access to the electronic editions
of record for hundreds of regional and national newspapers,
including the Charlotte Observer, The News and Observer,
The Asheville
Citizen-Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times,
and The Washington Post.
Annals of
American History via
Britannica
Provides a year-by-year documentary of American
thought and action. Read the original words
of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed
American history through speeches, writings,
memoirs, poems, and interviews.
* Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court
decisions, editorials, and more.
* Photos and multimedia included
Coverage: 2,100 entries from 1493 to present
ATLA
Religion Database with ATLASerials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the
premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and
collections of essays in all fields of religion with
ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology
journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than
460,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals
(651 currently indexed), more than 260,000 essay citations
from over 15,400 multi-author works, more than 423,000
book review citations, and a growing number of multimedia
citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing
for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth
century. Links are provided to over 140,000 electronic
articles and book reviews, from more than seventy journals
selected by leading religion scholars in the United States.
This database is produced by the American Theological
Library Association.
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Bills From the NC
General Assembly
Links for Bill Look-Up and Full Text Search of bills from
1997 to present; Session Law/Chaptered Bill Search; Tips
for Finding Bills; Simple Bill Inquiry; and much more legislation
information.
Biography
Reference Bank via WilsonWeb
Contains
the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes
of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson,
including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography,
the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists,
World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical
books on musicians and composers throughout history. Also
included are thousands of biographies from other respected
publishers. In
addition to the full text biographies, Biography Reference
Bank contains millions of
magazine citations (many of which
contain full-text) from all of the Wilson Indexing Databases,
including all citations from Biography Index Database after
1984, as well as thousands of links to book review citations,
including review excerpts and full text reviews from Book
Review Digest Plus. The biographies are searchable by name,
profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity,
titles of works,
date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of
images.
Books in Print via Bowker
Professional bibliographic database with five million in-print, out-of-print,
forthcoming, audio book, and video titles. Many full-text reviews included.
Britannica
Online via Britannica
Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands
of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus,
over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals,
news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and
much more.
Business ServiCenter (NC)
The Business ServiCenter has been established by the North Carolina Department of Commerce in partnership with the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC), the North Carolina Community College System, and the North Carolina Industrial Extension Service. Industry specialists offer advice about existing programs and resources that are designed to improve the profitability of companies.
Business Source Premier
via EBSCOhost
This is the industry's most used business research database,
providing the full text for nearly 8,800 serials. Business
Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 (or the first
issue published for that journal) and searchable cited references
back as far as 1998. Full-text coverage is provided in all
disciplines of business, including marketing, management,
MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full
text, non-journal content includes market research reports,
industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT
analyses.
Business
Source Premier -- Enhanced Business
Searching Interface via
EBSCOhost
The Enhanced Business Searching Interface offers
researchers a more powerful, streamlined
interface with faster searching capability
than the standard Business Source Premier
interface. It also features a number of
enhancements designed specifcally for the
business researcher,
including a number of new sources of information
regarding companies, industries, markets,
etc., and easier access to search options.
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CAMIO
-- Catalog of Art Museum Images Online via RLG
Provides rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class
projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web
sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources.
Centers For Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC, an agency of the Department of Health and Human
Services, is dedicated to promoting "health and quality
of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and
disability." Of special interest to the consumer are
the resources about diseases, conditions and other special
topics arranged under "Health Topics A-Z" and "Travelers'
Health," with health immunizations and recommendations
for travelers worldwide.
Choice
Reviews Online
Choice Reviews Online provides Web access to the entire
database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988.
The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month,
with reviews that will be printed in the next monthly issue
of CHOICE. Each year Choice publishes more than 6,500
concise, critical, expert reviews of new scholarly books
and electronic sources in fields across the entire college
curriculum.
CINAHL with
Full Text
via EBSCOhost
CINAHL with Full Text provides indexing for 2,719 journals
from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database
contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.
CINAHL with Full Text also contains searchable cited references
for 1,150 journals and provides full text for 331 journals,
plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug
records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles
to 1982 are also included.
CQ Researcher Online
via CQ Press
The CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive
reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Each
12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written
by a seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcher
reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political
and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health,
international affairs, education, the environment, technology,
and the U.S. economy.
CQ Weekly
via CQ Press
Complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress:
status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee
activity, and back room maneuvering. Produced by the largest
news team on Capitol Hill.
Crime in North Carolina
(Uniform Crime Report)
Law enforcement agencies report the number of offenses
and associated crime data for the following Part 1 crimes:
murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft
and arson. Part 1 offenses, excluding negligent manslaughter
and arson, are used to calculate the Crime Index and Crime
Rate. All other offenses are classified as Part 2 offenses,
however, only arrest data are reported for Part 2 offenses.
The UCR Program collects data on the age, race and sex of
persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations.
Statistics are broken down by county and the report is accessible
in several sections using Adobe Acrobat
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Economic Development
Information System (NC)
Includes profiles of counties and industries in North
Carolina. Provides a searchable database of available industrial
properties, and comparisons between states for multiple indicators
such as population, taxes, infrastructure, and labor force.
Encyclopedia of
Animals via EBSCOhost
Thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.
Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom,
Class, Order, Genus & Species, and geographical Locale as well as a detailed
description; many entries include colorful images.
English Poetry
via Chadwyck-Healey
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600
to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn
from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
ERIC (Education)
via EBSCOhost
Full text of more than 2,200 digests (along with
references for additional information), with citations and
abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related
journals.
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Faber Poetry Library
via Chadwyck-Healey
A collection of some of the most influential poets of
the twentieth century. The Faber list includes Ted Hughes,
Seamus Heaney, T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath covering the
seventy year history of this major publishing house.
Funk and Wagnalls New
World Encyclopedia via EBSCOhost
Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000
full text records, covering an array of subject areas.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library via
Gale
Gale Virtual Reference Library provides respected authoritative
essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all
in E-Book reference title format.
General
OneFile via Gale
General OneFile includes almost 10,000 titles (over
6,000 full-text titles) indexed from 1980 to present, offering
broad coverage of both
general interest areas as well academic disciplines; it features over 50 million
articles drawn from general interest magazines, academic
journals, business and technology publications, law journals, health care periodicals,
newspapers and newswire services.
Government Employee
Telephone Directory (NC)
NC State Capital Area Telephone Directory online. A searchable
alphabetical listing, plus the departmental directory are
included.
GreenFILE via EBSCOhost
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
Greenwood Digital Collection via NC LIVE
The Greenwood Digital Collection is a collection of complete reference, academic, and general interest ebooks, all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. Subject strengths include: Business, Education, Literature, Multi-Cultural Studies, and Popular Culture. The collection includes the series Daily Life Through History, Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors, Historic Events of the 20th Century, Literature in Context, as well as American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography.
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Health Source: Consumer
Edition via EBSCOhost
Provides consumer oriented information on many health
topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and
nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health.
Features access to nearly 300 full text consumer health periodicals;
includes searchable full text for more than 1000 health-related
pamphlets and 135 health reference books. Also contains more
than 4500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in
English and Spanish) and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Edition via EBSCOhost
Provides more than 550 full text journals (446 of them
peer-reviewed) focusing on many medical disciplines, and
provides abstracts and indexing
for over 826 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health
is particularly strong.
Healthfinder
A gateway consumer health information web site whose
goal is "to improve consumer access to selected health
information from government agencies, their many partner
organizations, and other reliable sources that serve the
public interest." A variety of menu lists on its home
page link to online journals, medical dictionaries, minority
health, as well as prevention and self-care. The developer/sponsor
of this site is the Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services with other
listed agencies.
HealthLink Plus
This site facilitates access to selected consumer health
information in an effort to develop and enhance public knowledge.
Instead of wading through thousands of health related Internet
web sites, HealthLink Plus users will find a few reliable,
recent, and authoritative sites selected by PLCMC's professional
staff to meet the needs of their patrons. Topics such as
health insurance and Medicare as well as Complementary & Alternative
Medicine are covered. Local Charlotte and Mecklenburg area
resources are suggested under "Additional Resources" in
each category
HealthWeb
A site established by librarians and information professionals
from major academic medical institutions in the Midwest.
Consumers can search the site either by entering search terms
or by selecting one of the many alphabetically listed medical
subjects. The "Consumer Health" section leads to
many useful resources.
HeritageQuest via ProQuest
Provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of
research materials for tracing family history and American
culture. Contains original page images for all documents,
over 25,000 books, the entire U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™,
and other expanding collections.
HIV InSite
A project of the University of California, San Francisco
AIDS Research Institute. Designed as a gateway to in-depth
information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS, it provides
numerous links to many authoritative sites.
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iPreach: Bible Reference
Tool
Offers an extensive collection of Bible reference
tools for pastors, teachers, and students; it includes
an extensive collection of commentaries, Bible dictionaries,
Biblical translations, devotionals, sermons, and other
religious reference materials.
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Job Openings (NC)
This North Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC)
site contains links to the NC Job Bank, a list of job openings
in the state registered with the North Carolina ESC; NC state
government jobs; America's Job Bank, a national version of
the NC Job Bank; federal government jobs; employer information;
and additional job search resources.
JSTOR: Language & Literature Collection
The 77 titles in the Language & Literature Collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, and contain articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, this collection includes PMLA and a range of core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism that have emerged in the last thirty years.
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Learning
Express Library via
Learning Express
Provides an interactive online learning platform of practice
tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons,
students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing
tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete
answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your
results.
Legislative Directory
(NC)
Includes links for finding representatives and senators
for both the NCGA and the US Congress by county, district,
and Zip code. Also includes maps of voter precincts and a
history of the current congressional districts.
- Library of Sport, Coaching and Physical Education
- Provides hundreds of articles on dozens of sports, coaching
and physical education topics-ready for instant viewing,
and rapid downloading, printing, or emailing.
It's the ultimate resource for busy practitioners needing
PRACTICAL information, ideas, tips and coaching cues
on all aspect of sport.
Library,
Information Science & Technology Abstracts via
EBSCO
Library, Information Science & Technology
Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus
books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage
includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics,
online information retrieval, information management and
more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the
mid-1960s.
Literature Resource Center via
Gale
The Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
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MAS Ultra - School
Edition via EBSCOhost
A comprehensive general reference database designed for
high school libraries, featuring full text for more
than 700 popular high school magazines.
Full text is also available for 84,074 biographies and 86,135 primary source
documents
Additionally, MAS Ultra™ contains 518 pamphlets, more than 230 reference
books and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.
Also includes the Our States reference book series, a new collection made up
of 54 titles on each of the states, commonwealths and territories in the United
States.
MasterFile Premier
via EBSCOhost
Full text for 2,005 periodicals covering general reference,
business, health, education, general science, multicultural
issues and much more.
Also contains full text for 809 reference resources, 84,074 biographies,
86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos,
maps & flags.
Mayo Clinic Health
Oasis
An excellent consumer source of information. Editors
of the site include over 1,200 physicians, scientists, writers
and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a non-profit institution
with more than 100 years of history in patient care, medical
research and education. The site is an extension of the Mayo
Clinic commitment to provide health education to patients
and the general public.
Medem
A project of the leading medical societies in the United
States. Some of the founding societies include the American
Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The site was developed to provide "a trusted online
source for credible, comprehensive, and clinical healthcare
information, and secure, confidential communications." The "Medical
Library" is divided into four major categories: Life
Stages, Diseases and Conditions, Therapies and Health Strategies,
and Health and Society.
MEDLINEplus
One of the most comprehensive web resources for quality
consumer health information. Developed by the National Library
of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, the site
contains extensive, high quality information on common diseases
and conditions, health promotion and wellness, prescription
and non-prescription drugs, medical dictionaries and more.
There are also interactive health tutorials and information
on clinical trials. A Spanish version is also available at
the vendor's site
Middle Search Plus
via EBSCOhost
Designed to assist middle and junior high school students
in learning how to research current events and information
on a wide range of general topics. Features full text for
140 popular, middle school magazines and thousands of
biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets.
Contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History.
Also
contains reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia,
American Heritage® Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals™, an
Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags, and the Our States reference
book series, a new collection made up of 54 titles on each of the states, commonwealths
and territories in the United States.
Military & Government
Collection via EBSCOhost
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches
of the military and govenmnet, this database offers a thorough
collection of military titles, trade publications, and news
weeklies.
Military & Government Collection includes abstracts and
indexing for nearly 500 titles providing cover to cover full
text for nearly 400. The database also includes full text
for 245 pamphlets.
MLA International
Bibliography via EBSCOhost
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography
of journal articles, books and dissertations produced by
the Modern Language Association (MLA). Tthe electronic
version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains
over 1.7
million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series,
and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage
is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR's
language and literature collection as well as links to full
text. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics,
folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts,
as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory
and practice of teaching language and literature are also
included.
Morningstar Library
Edition via
Morningstar
Combines in one timely database all the
fund and stock information necessary for
in-depth research. In one database, you
have comprehensive information on both
mutual funds and stocks. And each fund
and stock report is loaded with critical
data and decisive analysis.
Includes:
· 16,000+ mutual funds
·
100+ ETFs
·
6,000+ stocks from NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq,
and OTC exchanges
·
250 screenable fund datapoints
·
450 screenable stock datapoints
·
2,000 Fund Analyst Reports
·
1,400+ Stock Analyst Reports
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National Women's
Health Information Center (NWHIC)
A population specialty site for women. It is a relatively
new gateway site of health information for consumers, health
care professionals, researchers, and educators and is sponsored
by the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health.
It provides access to a variety of women's federal resources
in addition to those in the private sector. The stated goal
of the site is "to help ensure a healthier future for
all American women."
NC Department of
Agriculture Kid's Page
Includes links to educational activities, such as printable
coloring book pages, with an agriculture theme for younger
children.
NC Health Info
NC Health Info allows people to search for web sites
of local health services across the state of North Carolina.
Covering topics from Alzheimer's Disease to yoga, NC Health
Info serves to connect people to health services (health
care providers, support groups, wellness programs, etc.)
in their local community. Through integrated links with MedlinePlus,
a comprehensive consumer health web site from the National
Library of Medicine, users can also access quality, up to
date information on over 600 health conditions and diseases
as well as wellness topics, drug information, and more. Visitors
to NC Health Info may suggest additional health resources
to add to the site.
NC LIVE Media Collection
The NC LIVE Video Collection is a collection of more than 250 high quality documentary and educational video programs produced for the Public Broadcasting Corporation. Chosen by North Carolina librarians for use in supporting education and for general interest, the collection includes programming covering the sciences, US and world history, biography, current events, and the arts, as well as a variety of other subjects. In addition, several educational series for children are included.
NC Public Schools
Statistical Profile
Selected statistical data from the North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction on students, personnel and finances.
Provides breakdowns by school system and in some appropriate
cases by age (grade), race, and gender.
netLibrary
Provides easy access to the full text of more than 22,000
reference, scholarly, and professional books.
Newspaper Source via
EBSCOhost
Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (US)
and international newspapers (such as USA Today, The Christian
Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times [of London],
The Toronto Star, and others). Also provides selected full
text for more than 200 regional US newspapers (such as The
Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press,
The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury
News, and others). Includes full text television & radio
news transcripts from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and other
networks.
NOAH: New York Online
Access to Health
A unique collection of state, local and federal resources
selected by editors with consumers in mind. Searchers may
select from a list of "Health Topics" which are
then narrowed to include definitions, care and treatment,
and lists of information resources. Provides information
on all topics in both English and Spanish
North American Women's
Letters and Diaries via Alexander Street Press
Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus
4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting
the personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North Carolina Agricultural
Statistics Service
Provides statistical information in table, map, and graph
format on farm animals, crops, cash receipts, and weather.
Comparisons between North Carolina counties and with agricultural
products in other states are available.
North Carolina Business
License Information
Links to information about services of the Business License
Information Office of the North Carolina Secretary of State.
North Carolina Community
Newspapers
Links to many local NC newspapers
North Carolina Curriculum
Included are specific Department of Public Instruction
goals and objectives for classroom subjects and grade levels
for North Carolina. The look-up service provides a convenient
way for teachers, administrators, and parents to verify the
instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study
at a given grade by subject area.
North Carolina Driver's
Manual
Includes the full text of the current Department of Motor
Vehicles driver's manual in English and Spanish, pictures
of road signs, and the Newcomers Guide to Motoring in North
Carolina
North Carolina Education
Directory
Contains addresses and phone numbers of every North Carolina
public, federal or charter school and public school system,
all employees of the Department of Public Instruction, contact
information for education organizations, associations, North
Carolina commissions, and educational material suppliers.
North Carolina Encyclopedia
Includes links to information that students of all ages
request about the state, its history, people, government,
and educational institutions
North Carolina Homepage
NC @ Your Service is the NC Government portal, and provides
comprehensive and online services for citizens, businesses,
and state employees of North Carolina.
North Carolina Tax
Forms
Includes downloadable versions of current North Carolina
individual and corporate income, franchise, sales, and withholding
tax forms. Includes current cost and depreciation schedules.
Forms may also be ordered on-line.
North Carolina Teacher
Academy
Links to Internet based resources for K-12 classroom
teachers and educational sites recommended for students and
parents.
NoveList via
EBSCO NoveList
A readers' advisory service that is searchable by author,
title, series name, and plot (including character, topic,
time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews,
discussion guides, and feature articles related to books
of interest. Readers may select from information provided
to find similar books that appeal to them. Updated and expanded
monthly, the service also includes author read-alikes, lists
of award-winning fiction, and book lists arranged by genre
and subgenre, feature articles, school content and more.
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Oncolink: A University
of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource
Provides information solely on the various forms of cancer.
The site may be searched a number of ways and includes disease
oriented menus, medical specialty oriented menus, cancer
causes, screening and prevention, clinical trials, and global
resources for cancer information
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Primary Search (Children's
Magazines) via EBSCOhost
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries.
Features full text for more than 60 popular elementary school
magazines; all full text articles are assigned a reading
level indicator (Lexile).
Full text also available for over 100 student pamphlets.
Includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™ and Funk & Wagnall's New World
Encyclopedia.
Also includes the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary and an Image
Collection.
ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses
Search all dissertations in Dissertation Abstracts
Subset A (Humanities and Social Sciences) plus all dissertations
with a degree date of 2006 or 2007. Titles published
since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have
24 page previews available.
ProQuest Newspapers
via ProQuest Company
Includes all of North Carolina Newsstand (see above) plus
many full text articles from
Christian Science Monitor (1988 to present),
Los Angeles Times (1988 to present),
New York Times (1999 to present),
Wall Street Journal (1984 to present), and The Washington Post (1996 to present).
PsycARTICLES via
EBSCOhost
PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full-text,
peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized,
basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. The database
contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45
published by the American Psychological Association (APA)
and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal
articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal.
Coverage spans 1985 to present.
PsycCRITIQUES via
EBSCOhost
PsycCRITIQUES has book reviews featuring full text
reviews of current scholarly and professional books in
psychology.
Also publishes reviews from a psychological perspective of popular films and
trade books. In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES delivers approximately 20
reviews of psychological books, most from the current copyright
year.Includes a searchable backfile of more than 5,400
reviews dating back to 1995.
PsycINFO
(Psychology)
via EBSCOhost
This database from the APA (American Psychological Association)
covers psychology and related disciplines (such as medicine,
nursing, education, sociology, business, law and more). In
some cases, information dates back as far as 1887. Indexes
over 1300 journals. Also includes books, portions of books
and dissertations. All abstracts, no full text.
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed
provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE
and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links
to many sites providing full text articles and other related
resources.
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Regional Accounts
Data - Local Area Personal Income
Provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce. Personal income and population summary estimates;
detailed county annual tables of income and employment; and
wage and salary summary estimates. For North Carolina-specific
information, select "North Carolina" from the list
of states. County-level information will be displayed once
you select the state.
ReferenceUSA via
infoUSA
Searchable database with detailed information,
including addresses and phone numbers,
on more than 12 million U.S. businesses,
102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S.
health care providers, and 95,000 Technology
Companies and 280,000 Executives Databases.
Regional Business
News via EBSCOhost
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text
for regional business publications (including titles from
Crain Communications). Features full text for more
than 50 sources with 67 periodicals indexed and abstracted.
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Sanborn Maps North
Carolina via Sanborn Maps North Carolina
Sanborn Maps for the state of North Carolina provides
digital access to 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina
towns and cities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate
the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and compare
maps from different years.
Searchasaurus
via EBSCOhost
Colorful and fun graphical search interface intended
for elementary and middle school students. EBSCO databases
searchable through this interface are: American Heritage
Children's Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia, Image Collections, Middle Search
Plus, and Primary Search.
Serials Directory
via EBSCOhost
Provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information
as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.
Contains nearly 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including
newspapers;
historical data for an additional 20,000 titles; data from nearly 83,500 publishers
worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses. Includes
Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for
every entry.
Spanish Reference Center via Britannica
This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces, each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia: Gran Enciclopedia Planeta for high school ages and up and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12.
Start Squad
Start Squad is an excellent resource for anyone seeking
quality web sites for kids. Sites were selected and organized
by professionally trained librarians. Start Squad is made
possible by a partnership of the State Library of North
Carolina and the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA).
State Center For
Health Statistics
SCHS is responsible for data collection and research,
production of reports, and maintenance of a comprehensive
collection of health statistics. They have published a wide
variety of reports in the past and are in the process of
adding them to their Web site. Currently included are several
compilations of mortality statistics (including one devoted
to cancer), the "North Carolina Pocket Guide" of
health statistics, "Vital Facts about Life in North
Carolina", and a start toward providing pregnancy and
birth statistics.
State Data Center
The North Carolina State Data Center (SDC) is a consortium
of state and local agencies that provides information and
data about the State and its component geographic areas.
The site includes population, economic, and income data as
well as county profiles and rankings. Recently a public health
section was added which includes a link to the North Carolina
State Center for Health Statistics. There is also a link
to the North Carolina Statistical Register.
State Demographics
The State Demographics unit provides state, county, and
municipal population estimates and projections by year, age,
race, and sex. The annual estimates of the population of
North Carolina counties and municipalities are used in the
distribution of state shared revenues to local governments.
County and state population projections, available by age,
race (white/other) and sex, are used for long range planning.
State of North Carolina
Kid's Page
Provides links designed for kids to learn more about
North Carolina.
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Teaching Positions
in North Carolina
This page contains links to all the information needed
to apply for a job in North Carolina's improving public schools,
including information about licensure, national board certification,
application forms, and local job fairs.
The Division of Public
Health of the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services
Provides a site covering a wide range of programs and
services, all aimed toward protecting and improving the health
of the people who live and work in North Carolina. Includes
information such as fish consumption advisories, ozone levels,
pfisteria health precautions, links to local health departments,
how to get birth certificates, etc.
Twentieth Century African-American
Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A collection of poetry written by the most important and
influential African American poets of the twentieth century.
Presently includes over 6,000 poems from over 100 complete
editions by 46 poets.
Twentieth Century
American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
A database of modern and contemporary American poetry
from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently
includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets.
Twentieth Century
English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey
Containing tens of thousands of works by 288 poets, Twentieth-Century
English Poetry provides an overview of poetry written in
the 20th century by both established and emerging writers.
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World Data
Analyst via Britannica
A collection of current and past statistics on the countries
of the world that allows for historical and cross-national
comparisons.
WorldCat via
OCLC FirstSearch
Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.
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